Star Trek: Bridge Crew’s solo campaign is like posing mannequins in your basement

Ubisoft has another new VR game. This time, it’s all about space communists exploring the cosmos because they live in a post-scarcity society where all their material needs are met.

Star Trek: Bridge Crew is out now on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR for $50. As the name suggests, it has you working as a member of a crew on a Federation starship from the beloved sci-fi television and film series. And since Ubisoft built this game for virtual reality, Bridge Crew puts you right into the action in front of a simulated touchscreen panel that you control with VR motion inputs like Oculus Touch or the Vive wands. But the key Bridge Crew feature is that it is a cooperative multiplayer game first where you and up to three friends or strangers (it has matchmaking) must face down various challenges through communication and teamwork.